[support] few forum customizations.

[Neil: esl-lounge.com]

I have found this in the forum.module:

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/**
 * Format the topic listing.
 *
 * @ingroup themeable
 */
function theme_forum_topic_list($tid, $topics, $sortby, $forum_per_page) {
  global $forum_topic_list_header;
  $rows = array();
  if ($topics) {

    foreach ($topics as $topic) {
      // folder is new if topic is new or there are new comments since last 
visit
      if ($topic->tid != $tid) {
        $rows[] = array(
          array('data' => theme('forum_icon', $topic->new, 
$topic->num_comments, $topic->comment_mode, $topic->sticky), 'class' => 
'icon'),
          array('data' => check_plain($topic->title), 'class' => 'title'),
          array('data' => l(t('This topic has been moved'), 
"forum/$topic->tid"), 'colspan' => '3')
        );
      }
      else {
        $rows[] = array(
          array('data' => theme('forum_icon', $topic->new, 
$topic->num_comments, $topic->comment_mode, $topic->sticky), 'class' => 
'icon'),
          array('data' => l($topic->title, "node/$topic->nid"), 'class' => 
'topic'),
          array('data' => $topic->num_comments . ($topic->new_replies ? '<br 
/>'. l(format_plural($topic->new_replies, '1 new', '@count new'), 
"node/$topic->nid", NULL, NULL, 'new') : ''), 'class' => 'replies'),
          array('data' => _forum_format($topic), 'class' => 'created'),
          array('data' => _forum_format(isset($topic->last_reply) ? 
$topic->last_reply : NULL), 'class' => 'last-reply')
        );
      }
    }
  }

  $output = theme('table', $forum_topic_list_header, $rows);
  $output .= theme('pager', NULL, $forum_per_page, 0);

  return $output;
}
----------------

But I can't find the forum_topic_list theme anywhere in my drupal files.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Benjamin Melançon" <pwgdarchive at gmail.com>
To: <support at drupal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [support] few forum customizations.


> Hi Neil,
>
> I haven't themed forums in this way but here's the general approach:
>
> You want to *look* in forum.module (and possibly other files such as
> include/*.inc files-- core isn't entirely modular (yet) to try to find
> the function that outputs the time.  It _should_ be named function
> theme_something_something.  (Where it is actually called to produce
> output it will be in the form  theme('something_something') -- this is
> how Drupal allows you to override theme functions rather than modify
> core.
>
> You don't modify forum.module, you will want to copy that function,
> paste it in a template.php file for your theme, and rename it
> mythemename_ or phptemplate_something_something, and modify it here.
>
> I'm not saying it won't get more complicated than this ( for instance,
> you don't want to retheme something like theme_item_list because that
> will change the display all over your web site, so you need to look
> for a more specific theme_ function that calls theme_item_list )  but
> that's the Drupal way there.
>
> benjamin, Agaric Design Collective, http://AgaricDesign.com/
>
> On Nov 5, 2007 7:07 PM, Neil: esl-lounge.com <neil at esl-lounge.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I have a lot of work to do on node-forum.tpl.php and comment.tpl.php in 
>> an
>> attempt to get a nice fresh look to my forums.
>>
>> I have a few specific questions, but don't want to swamp everyone so will
>> just begin with what is hopefully quite a simple one:
>>
>> on the forum listing page (where you actually have the threads listed 
>> out),
>> both the Created and Last Reply columns have the date in "Time Ago" 
>> format.
>> How can I alter this to be an actual date? I presume I would need to go 
>> into
>> the forum.module file, is that correct?
>>
>> Thanks in advance
>>
>> Neil
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